Combined whip-socket and rein-holder.



PATBNTED DE() 27, N04.

G. E. KRONING.

COMBINED WHIP SOCKET AND HEIN HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 11, 1904.

attenua/13 UNITED STATES Eatented'December 27, 1904.

PATENT rricE.

COMBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,682, dated December 2'?, 1904.

Application filed June 1l, 1904. Serial No. 212,219.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGIENNA E. Kaon- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Porterville, in the county of Tulare and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined I/Vhip-Socket and Rein-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined whipsocket and rein-holder adapted to be fixed or removably attached to the dashboard of a vehicle and arranged for holding a whip and the driving-reins when a person leaves the vehicle unoccupied, thus keeping the reins from falling to the ground and becoming entangled in the feet of the horse or horses, a serious circumstance, which often leads to run-away accidents.

The invention resides in constructing' of one piece of metahpreferably spring-wire,a socket for holdingl a whip and a form of clamp into which the driving-reins are inserted when the drivers hands are otherwise engaged.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my invention applied to the dashboard of a carriage. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device removed from the dashboard. Fig.

. 3 is a detail view in section on the line 3 3 of Fig. I.

Similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

A represents a length of spring-wire bent upon itself at a., as shown in the drawings, to form a downwardly-projecting central tongue or rein-clamp A, the sides c of which are curved inwardly to form a holder for the reins; but they may, if desired, be straight instead of curved, the space between them being' V- shaped. The wire A is then bent'in reverse direction on each side of the tongue or reinclamp A to form the sides a2 of the upwardlyprojecting loops A2. The sides a of the reinclamp A and a2 of the loops A2 lie preferably in the same plane, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. After forming the loops A2 each end of the wire is turned outwardly and bent into spiral coils A3 Al of several turns. After forming the coil A'L the wire A is turned back at the outer side of the coil to form the portion a3, which extends rearwardly over the top edge of the dashboard, and is then bent again laterally and finally wound into a vertical coil A5 to form a socket for the whip. The turn c* of the wire at the vlower end of the coil A5 is shorter than the others to serve as a bottom for the whip-socket. From the turn a" the end of the wire is fashioned into a hook A, which passes around the side of the dashboard B of the vehicle to prevent the rein-holder from canting or turning outwardly when a whip is placed in the socket. If desired, this end of t-he wire 'may be passed through the dashboard and riveted on the inside.

In the use of my invention as a rein-holder, for instance, the coils A3 are forced over the top of the dashboard B and the hook A" connected to the side, as shown in Fig. l. The reins are then pushed edg'ewise into the reinclamp A', which will hold them with springpressure sufficiently strong to keep them from falling to the ground. A fiat metal ribbon may at times be used with advantage in place of wire. Ihe'inner sides of the rein-clamp A are flattened to give a better hold on the reins.

Instead of one rein-clamp two or more may be formed on the rein-holder to accommodate several pairs of reins without departing' from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is--- l. As a new article of manufacture, a combined whip-socket and rein-holder consisting' of a length of spring-wire bent upon itself to form a rein-clamp, a loop on each side of said clamp, a horizontal coil at the end of each of said loops, and a vertical coil to hold a whip formed of acontinuation of said wire from one of said loops, a hook being formed below said vertical coil by the end of said wire.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a combined whip-socket and rein-holder, constructed of a length of Spring-Wire bent upon itself to form a loop with in'curved Sides to serve as a rein holder or Clamp, a horizontal coil of a few turns on each Side of said loop, also formed of Said Wire, by means of which Said reinholder is supported, one end of said Wire being then formed with a bent portion o3 and eX- tended laterally to form a Vertical coil for a Whip, the end of said Wire ending in a hook below said vertical coil.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature l1n presence of two witnesses.

GEORGIENNA E. KRONING. Witnesses:

MATTIE A. LARsoN, AUBREY M. LUMLEY. 

